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(A) The Holy Scriptures. We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the verbally and plenarily inspired Word of God. The Scriptures are inerrant, infallible and God-breathed and, therefore, are the sole and final authority for faith and practice. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament are the complete and divine revelation of God to Man. The Scriptures shall be interpreted according to their normal grammatical-historical meaning, and all issues of interpretation and meaning shall be determined by the pastor. We believe that the original language Texts which have been Providentially preserved are the Old Testament Traditional Masoretic Hebrew Text that underlies the King James Bible, and the New Testament Traditional Greek Text (Textus Receptus) that underlies the King James Bible and that God has divinely preserved His Word for English speaking people in the King James Version of the Bible and shall therefore be the official and only translation used by the church. (2 Tim. 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Psalm 12:6-7, Psalm 119:89, Matt. 5:18)

1. Revelation – is that act of God by which He directly communicates truth not known before to the human mind. Revelation discovers new truth, while inspiration superintends the communicating of that truth. God has completed His revelation. There is no new revelation of God today. (1 Cor. 13:10, Deut. 4:2, Rev. 22:18-19)

2. Inspiration – literally means, “God-breathed”. Inspiration is the breath of God expressing Itself through a chosen instrument, a human personality. It is God speaking through men, and the Scriptures are therefore just as much the Word of God as though God spoke every single word of it with His own lips. Inspiration is claimed for the original autographs (autographa), not for translating or copy (apographa). (2 Tim. 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21).

3. Verbal – means that inspiration extends to the very words themselves. (Matt. 4:4, 1 Cor. 2:12-13, Matt. 5:18)

4. Plenary – means that inspiration extends to all parts of the Scripture, or Scripture in its entirety. (2 Tim. 3:16)

5. Inerrant – means that when all the facts are known, and proper hermeneutical principles are applied, the Scriptures are wholly true in everything that they affirm, whether that affirmation has to do with doctrine, morality, history, or science. Inerrancy is a necessary and logical deduction from the biblical teaching on inspiration. (John 17:17, Titus 1:2, Psalm 33:4, 2 Tim. 3:16)

6. Infallibility – The Word of God is not only without error, but is incapable of having error, due to the character and promises of God. (Psalm 12:6-7, Romans 3:4, Titus 1:2)

7. Authoritative – God is the final authority for all mankind. Since Jesus Christ was the full revelation of God, then Christ is the final authority. His authority proceeds from His very nature, Who He is. The same can be said about Scripture. Since God is the final authority, the Bible must be the final authority because the Bible is the Word of God. The two cannot be separated. (John 1:1, 2 Tim. 3:15, John 14:9, 17:2; Matt. 11:27, 28:18; Col. 2:9-10, 1 Thess. 2:13, 2 Peter 1:16-19)

8. Illumination – is the supernatural gift granted by the Spirit of God to the reader of Holy Scripture to enable him to lay hold on the divine message. It is a divine action upon the mind of man. It is God enlightening the Scripture to the reader. The Holy Spirit is the ultimate Author of Scripture through the medium of inspiration. He is also the ultimate Interpreter. (Matt. 16:17, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 1 Cor. 2:9-14, 1 John 2:20, 27, 5:20)

9. Preservation – God has repeatedly promised in both the Old Testament and the New Testament that He would preserve and keep every one of His Words as given to us in the original Hebrew/Aramaic and Greek texts; that, by His Providential care, God has kept His Word pure down through the ages as he promised. This preservation extends to the King James Bible for English speaking people. (Psalm 12:6-7, 105:8, 119:11, 89, 152, 160, Matt. 5:17-18, 1 Peter 1:23-25, and elsewhere)

B) Dispensationlism. We believe that the Scriptures interpreted in their natural, literal sense reveal divinely determined dispensations or rules of life which define man’s responsibilities in successive ages. These dispensations are not ways of salvation, but rather are divinely ordered stewardships by which God directs man according to His purpose. (Gen. 1:28; 1 Cor. 9:17; 2 Cor. 3:9-18; Gal. 3:13-25; Eph. 1:10; 3:2-10; Col. 1:24-25, 27; Rev. 20:2-6)

(C) The Godhead. We believe in one triune God, co-existing and eternally existing in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—each co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, coequal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections. (Deut. 6:4, Matt. 28:19; John 14:10, 26; 2 Cor. 13:14)

(D) The Person and Work of Jesus Christ.

1. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men. (Isa. 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2, 14; 2 Cor. 5:19-21; Gal. 4:4-5; Phil. 2:5-8)

2. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and, that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead. (Acts 2:18-26; Rom. 3:24-25; Eph. 1:7; 1 Pet. 2:24; 1 Peter 1:3-5)

3. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate. (Acts 1:9-10; Rom. 8:34; Heb. 9:24; 7:25; 1 John 2:1-2)

(E) The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit.

1. We believe that the Holy Spirit is the Person of the Godhead Who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and judgment; and, that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption. (John 16:8-11; Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; 2 Cor. 3:6; Eph. 1:13-14)

2. We believe that He is the divine Teacher who assists believers to understand and appropriate the Scriptures and that it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit. (Eph. 1:17-18; 5:18; 1 John 2:20,27)

3. We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowal of spiritual gifts to every believer. God uniquely uses evangelists, pastors, and teachers to equip believers in the assembly in order that they can do the work of the ministry. (Rom. 12:3-8; 1 Cor. 12:4-11, 28; Eph. 4:7-12)

4. We believe that the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues, prophecy (foretelling as opposed to forth-telling), and the gift of healing, were temporary gifts used during the infant stage of the church age and have ceased. Speaking in tongues was never the common or necessary sign of the baptism or filling of the Holy Spirit. Ultimate deliverance of the body from sickness or death awaits the consummation of our salvation in the resurrection, though God frequently chooses to answer the prayers of believers for physical healing. We reject the unscriptural claims of the various charismatic movements concerning the Holy Spirit. (1 Cor. 1:22; 13:8-10; 14:21-22, Hebrews 2:3-4)

(F) The Total Depravity of Man. We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God; to enjoy fellowship and co-operation with Him, to have dominion over the earth and every living thing, and that through disobedience he fell, resulting in the loss of fellowship with God, the condemnation of the posterity of the Adamic seed, and the curse upon the creation over which he had dominion. In Adam’s sin the human race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God. Man is totally depraved and, of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition. We reject the Calvinistic view of total depravity (total inability) and we believe that all men have a free will to accept or reject the Lord Jesus Christ, and that “whosoever will” may come to Christ for salvation. (Gen. 1:26-27; Rom. 3:22-23; 5:12; 6:23; Eph. 2:1-3; 4:17-19, 1 Tim. 2:14, Matt. 23:37, Rev. 22:17, John 3:16, Rom. 10:13, 1 Tim. 1:4, 2 Peter 3:9)

G) Salvation. We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins. We reject the Calvinistic view of unconditional election, total depravity (total inability), limited atonement, irresistible grace and perseverance of the saints. Election is based on the foreknowledge of God as to who will believe. Those that believe become the elect. (Matt. 12:31-32; John 1:12; Eph. 1:7; 2:8-10; 1 Pet. 1:18-19; 1 John 1:9)

1. God has foreknowledge of those who will believe – 1 Peter 1:2

2. Those who believe become the elect – Titus 1:1

3. All men have a free will to accept or reject Christ – 1 Timothy 2:14, Matt. 23:37

4. “Whosoever will” may come to Christ for salvation – Rev. 22:17, John 3:16, Rom. 10:13

5. God is not willing that any should perish – 2 Peter 3:9, 1 Tim. 2:4, Rev. 22:17

H) The Eternal Security and Assurance of Believers.

1. We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever. (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Rom. 8:1; 38-39; 1 Cor. 1:4-8; 1 Pet. 1:4-5)

2. We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God’s Word, which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh. (Rom. 6:1-6, 13:13-14; Gal. 5:13; Titus 2:11-15)

(I) The Church

1. We believe that the local church, which is the body and the espoused bride of Christ, is a New Testament institution, unknown to the Old Testament prophets and established by Jesus Christ, Who is its sole Head and is solely made up of born-again, scripturally baptized persons who have voluntarily joined themselves together to carry out the Great Commission. (1 Cor. 12:12-14; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 1:22-23; 5:25-27

2. We believe that the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures. (Acts 14:27; 20:17, 28-32; 1 Tim. 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11)

3. We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of any external authority or control. (Acts 13:1-4; 15:19-31; 20:28; Rom. 16:1, 4; 1 Cor. 3:9, 16; 5:4-7, 13; 1 Pet. 5:1-4)

4. We recognize water baptism by immersion and the Lord’s Supper as the sole Scriptural ordinances of obedience for the church in this dispensation. (Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42; 18:8; 1 Cor. 11:23-26)

(J) Separation. We believe in both personal and ecclesiastical separation, and that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord. God commands His people to separate from all religious apostasy, all wordly and sinful pleasures, practices, and associations, and to refrain from all immodest and immoderate appearances. (Rom. 12:1-2; 14:13; 1 Cor. 6:19-20; 2 Cor. 6:14-7:1; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; James 4:4, 1 John 2:15-17; 2 John 9-11)

(K) The Second Advent of Christ. We believe in that blessed hope, the personal, imminent return of Christ, Who will rapture His church prior to the seven-year tribulation period. At the end of the Tribulation, Christ will personally, bodily, and visibly return with His saints, to judge the living nations, and establish His earthly Messianic Millennial Kingdom which was promised to the nation of Israel. (Ps. 89:3-4; Dan. 2:31-45; Zech. 14:4-11; 1 Thess. 1:10, 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; Rev. 3:10; 19:11-16; 20:1-6)

(L) The Eternal State.

1. We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment. (Matt. 25:46; John 5:28, 29; 11:25-26; Rev. 20:5-6, 12-13)

2. We believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord. (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 5:8; Phil. 1:23; 1 Thess. 4:16-17; Rev. 20:4-6)

3. We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious punishment and torment until the second resurrection, when with soul and body cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment and torment. (Matt. 25:41-46; Mark 9:43-48; Luke 16:19-26; 2 Thess. 1:7-9; Jude 6-7; Rev. 20:11-15)

(M) The Personality of Satan. We believe that Satan is a person. He is a fallen angel who was expelled from Heaven when sin was found in him. He is the author of sin and a catalyst of the Fall of Man. He is the open and declared enemy of God and man; and he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire. (Job 1:6-7; Isa. 14:12-17; Matt. 4:2-11; 25:41; Rev. 20:10)

(N) Creation. We believe that God created the universe in six literal, 24-hour periods. We reject evolution, the Gap Theory, the Day-Age Theory, and Theistic Evolution as unscriptural theories of origin. (Gen. 1-2; Ex. 20:11; Matt. 19:4-5)

(O) Civil Government. We believe that God has ordained and created all authority consisting of three basic institutions: 1) the home, 2) the church, and 3) human government. Every person is subject to these authorities, but all (including the authorities themselves) are answerable to God and governed by His Word. God has given each institution specific Biblical responsibilities and balanced those responsibilities with the understanding that no institution has the right to infringe upon the other. The home, the church, and human government are equal and sovereign in their respective Biblically assigned spheres of responsibility under God. (Rom. 13:1-7; Eph. 5:22-24; Heb. 13:17; 1 Pet. 2:13-14)

(P) Human Sexuality.

1. We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between one man and one woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearance. (Gen. 2:24; Gen. 19:5, 13; Gen. 26:8-10; Lev. 18:1-30; Rom. 1:26-29; 1 Cor. 5:1; 6-9; 1 Thess. 4:1-8; Heb. 13:4)

2. We believe that the only Scriptural marriage is the joining of one man and one woman. (Gen. 2:24; Rom. 7:2; 1 Cor. 7:10; Eph. 5:22-23)

(Q) Family Relationships

1. We believe that men and women are spiritually equal in position before God but that God has ordained distinct and separate spiritual functions for men and women in the home and the church. The husband is to be the leader of the home, and men are to be the leaders (pastors and deacons) of the church. Accordingly, only men are eligible for licensure and ordination by the church. (Gal. 3:28; Col. 3:18; 1 Tim. 2:8-15; 3:4-5, 12)

2. We believe that God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. The husband is to love his wife as Christ loves the church. The wife is to submit herself to the Scriptural leadership of her husband as the church submits to the headship of Christ. Children are an heritage from the Lord. Parents are responsible for teaching their children spiritual and moral values and leading them, through consistent lifestyle example and appropriate discipline, including Scriptural corporal correction. (Gen. 1:26-28; Ex. 20:12; Deut. 6:4-9; Ps. 127:3-5; Prov. 19:18; 22:15; 23:13-14; Mk. 10:6-12; 1 Cor. 7:1-16; Eph. 5:21-33; 6:1-4, Col. 3:18-21; Heb. 13:4; 1 Pet. 3:1-7)

R) Divorce and Remarriage. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids divorce and intends marriage to last until one of the spouses dies. Divorce and remarriage is regarded as adultery. Although divorced and remarried persons or divorced persons may hold certain positions of service in the church at the discretion of the pastor, and be greatly used of God for Christian service, they may not be considered for offices of pastor or deacon. (Mal. 2:14-17; Matt. 19:3-12; Rom. 7:1-3; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Titus 1:6)

(S) Abortion. We believe that human life begins at conception and that the unborn child is a living human being. Abortion constitutes the unjustified, unexcused taking of unborn human life. Abortion is murder. We reject any teaching that abortions of pregnancies due to rape, incest, birth defects, gender selection, birth or population control, or the physical or mental well being of the mother, or any other reason, are acceptable. (Job 3:16; Ps. 51:5; 139:14-16; Isa. 44:24; 49:1, 5; Jer. 1:5; 20:15-18; Luke 1:44)

(T) Euthanasia. We believe that euthanasia is a moral evil, regardless of the intention. Thus we believe that an act or omission which, of itself or by intention, causes death in order to eliminate suffering constitutes a murder contrary to the will of God. Discontinuing medical procedures that are extraordinary or disproportionate to the expected outcome can be a legitimate refusal of over-zealous treatment. (Ex. 20:13; 23:7; Matt. 5:21; Acts 17:28)

(U) Love. We believe that we should demonstrate love for others, not only toward fellow believers, but also toward both those who are not believers, those who oppose us, and those who engage in sinful actions. We are commanded to boldly preach the gospel to the lost, but to deal with unbelievers and those who oppose us graciously, gently, patiently, and humbly. God forbids the stirring up of strife, the taking of revenge, or the threat or the use of violence as a means of resolving personal conflict or obtaining personal justice. (Lev. 19:18; Matt. 5:44-48; Luke 6:31; John 13:34-35; Rom. 12:9-10; 17-21; 13:8-10; Phil. 2:2-4; 2 Tim. 2:24-26; Titus 3:2; 1 John 3:17-18)

(V) Lawsuits Between Believers. We believe that Christians are prohibited from bringing civil lawsuits against other Christians or the church to resolve personal disputes. We believe the church possesses all the resources necessary to resolve personal disputes between members. We do believe, however, that a Christian may seek compensation for injuries from another Christian’s insurance company as long as the claim is pursued without malice or slander. (1 Cor. 6:1-8; Eph. 4:31-32)

(W) Missions. We believe that God has given the church a great commission to proclaim the Gospel to all nations so that there might be a great multitude from every nation, tribe, ethnic group, and language group who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. As ambassadors of Christ we must use all available means to go to the foreign nations and not wait for them to come to us. (Matt. 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; 2 Cor. 5:20)

(X) Giving. We believe that every Christian, as a steward of that portion of God’s wealth entrusted to him, is obligated to financially support his local church. We believe that God has established the tithe as a basis for giving, but that every Christian should also give other offerings sacrificially and cheerfully to the support of the church, the relief of those in need, and the spread of the Gospel. We believe that a Christian relinquishes all rights to direct the use of his tithe or offering once the gift has been made. (Gen. 14:20; Prov. 3:9-10; Acts 4:34-37; 1 Cor. 16:2; 2 Cor. 9:6-7; Gal. 6:6; Eph. 4:28; 1 Tim. 5:17-18; 1 John 3:17)

AUTHORITY OF STATEMENT OF FAITH

This Statement of faith does not exhaust the extent of our faith. The Bible itself is the sole and final source of all that we believe. We do believe, however, that the foregoing Statement of Faith accurately represents the teaching of the Bible and, therefore, is binding upon all members. All literature used in the church shall be in complete agreement with the Statement of Faith. The pastor shall have the final determination in any questionable literature.